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Dec 02, 2008

Kala Aranrajh, a single mother of two children in Scarborough, knows too well.
"I don't want them to see me worry, that I can't sleep because I am so worried," she said in Tamil.

She survives on the monthly child tax benefit and welfare she receives, which barely cover her rent.
Her language barrier and inability to afford child care limit her access to the resources in the community.

People see this and wonder, "Why no mention of the dad? Where are the grandparents? How long has she been here? Why isn't she learning to speak English?"

I've noticed a few times that The Toronto Star features people who seem to be in trouble because they are doing something that is obviously wrong. But, instead of pointing to the obvious, they imply that they are merely victims of circumstance.

This provokes protests in the comments and, perhaps, this is what The Star wants: to publicly expose folly to criticism without having to seem unsympathetic by doing it themselves.

Nov 17, 2008

Outside the Foot Locker, five or six of people stepped onto the roadway, so Tarnowski was forced to stop the car. That's when Verechtchaguine noticed a man a few metres to the south of the car near the doorway of the apparel store, he said.

"A guy raises his hands upwards and appears to fire a shot," he said. "At the beginning I thought it was fireworks."

Then Verechtchaguine's attention was drawn by two or three other shots. "I look to my right. I see a person with his hand extended and I see the gun in his hand. I hear two or three shots and I see the flashes and after that I get down in the car."

"After the first two bangs, people started to scream and people started to get down on the ground," he said.

"That's an outright lie" is the phrase that immediately comes to mind. But these are both decent men so I'll just assume that it's just an error albeit, in my mind, a ridiculous one.

I've lived in Toronto my entire life. I know lots of people and I rarely hear a racist remark. This just sounds like an excuse for an endless spree of violence by a bunch of young guys from a few social housing neighbourhoods in Toronto.

My cousins used to live in one of those neighbourhoods. I use to go there often when I was a boy and there was nothing to be afraid of. So, in this case, I would say the criminals rather than their environment are primarily responsible for their crimes.

McMurtry and Curling say the opposite. But they offer no proof at all.

Jun 29, 2008

I had begun to stop worrying about spies and terrorists, but in the shadows of the courtyard the merchant drew me close and told me something else about his life: "We have Canadian passports. If it gets bad with Iraq, Iran, I can make a living anywhere."
-- Herbert Hadad